Re: [Usability]Insert/overwrite, how should i do a usability study?

[John Levon <levon movementarian org>]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:24:25AM -0800, Joaquin Cuenca Abela wrote:

> usability starts with common sense.
> 
> The original user was hopeless.  If you don't know
> that you're in insert mode, even when you realize that
> the cursor is eating your letters, you're lost.

So, "common sense" says that users have an innate knowledge of what
"insert mode" is, is that it ?

And it's natural for a key saying "Insert" to do something completely
different, yes ?

regards
john

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